KILN

kiln

(noun) a furnace for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

kiln (plural kilns)

An oven or furnace or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, calcining or drying anything; for example, firing ceramics, curing or preserving tobacco, or drying grain.

Verb

kiln (third-person singular simple present kilns, present participle kilning, simple past and past participle kilned)

To bake in a kiln.

Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary

Kiln, n. Etym: [OE.kilne, kulne, AS. cyln, cylen; akin to Icel. kylna; prob. from the same source as coal. See Coal.]

1. A large stove or oven; a furnace of brick or stone, or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, or drying anything; as, a kiln for baking or hardening earthen vessels; a kiln for drying grain, meal, lumber, etc.; a kiln for calcining limestone.

2. A furnace for burning bricks; a brickkiln.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition